In Java Edition there is a bug mechanic called Quasi Connectivity, which allows you to power some redstone components from 2 blocks above, which normally wouldn’t work. This is because they just reused the door code for blocks that aren’t 2 blocks tall.
Here is a great explanation of it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJICW6BTJ74
I can’t be the only one who sees the lion face on it’s butt, right?
I can think of a couple more things, like forcing everyone to switch to a Microsoft account and the chat report system. Or the performance problems that were never truly addressed after 1.13. Even the combat update (1.9) I still don’t like.
But it’s certainly not ruined. As you mentioned, they still regularly update the game with cool features and new blocks, and many of the problems I mentioned can at least be fixed with mods. I would just like to see it fixed properly in the vanilla game.
+1 for Prism Launcher btw
I see it so often with so many different words, I kinda got used to it.